Attachment for ironing boards



Oct. 4, 1932. R STElN 1,881,144

ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING BOARDS Filed April 16, 1930 3 z 47 A A 5 INVENTORfife/ 7 BY WM ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 4, 1932 gTTE BOSE STEIN, 0F LOSANGELES, CALIFORNIA ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING BOARDS Application, filedApril 16, 1930. Serial .No. 444,754.

' ing an indispensable part of the ironing operation, such as a sad ironholder, to the iii-inboard in such manner that it will not fall ordislodge from its aflixed position when 6 the board is folded into thewall. It is therefore an object of my invention to provide a devicewhich will be retained in place on an ironing board or supportregardless of the position of the said support.

It is another object of my invention to provide a sad iron holder whichis properly insulated and so designed as to readily permit the housewifeto move her iron to and from the holder with ease.

It is a further object of my invention to construct my device in such amanner that an iron will securely rest on the holder when in anoperative position. I accomplish this by means of small protuberancesover the upper surface of the holder and by an abutting portion in therear part thereof.

My invention possesses many other advantages, and has other objectswhich may be made moreeasily apparent from a consideration of oneembodiment of my invention. For this purpose I have shown a few forms inthe drawing accompanying and forming part of the present specification.

I shall now proceed to describe this form in detail, which illustratesthe general principles of my invention; but it is to be understood thatthis detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, sincethe scope of my invention is best defined by the 5 appended claim.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the holder shown as attached to the board,only part of which isshown.

' Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the plane 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View along the plane 3 -3 of Fig. 1.

1 indicates the sad iron holder or stand which comprises upper and lowermembers 2, 3 respectively, of metal or other suitable material. Asameans of holding these members together, I provide grommets 4 of whichthere are six in this instance, although any desired number may be used.These grommets besides functioning as the retaining means between themembers 2, 8 further act as spacers to produce an insulating space 5 andalso as an anchoring means for the springs which will hereinafter bedescribed.

It will be noted that the upper member 2 has a downwardly sloping frontpart as at 6 to permit an iron to be easily moved to and from the holderwithout necessitating any lifting thereof, and an upright or abuttingpart as at 7 at the end of the holder to prevent any backward movementof the iron. As a further means of retaining the iron on the holder Iprovide a plurality of struck up portions or protuberances 8. Theseprotuberances further act to produce air spaces between the iron and theholder which acts as an insulator to aid in dissipating the heat passingfrom the iron to the ironing board. As an added precaution and to assurethat no heat of sufficient quantity will pass through the space 5, so asto scorch and burn the board, I provide an asbestos sheet 9 interposedbetween the holder and theboard. 9 As is readily seen from an inspectionof the drawing, the asbestos sheet 9 closely follows the contour of thelower plate 3 and is intimately secured thereto in any desirable manner.

In order to facilitate the further description of my device I will nowdescribe the spring and clamp in relation to one side of my device, butit is to be understood that the other side functions alike, has the sameconstruction, and will be similarly numbered;

I secure to the grommets 4 at 10,11 the free ends of the spring. 12which is of very strong construction. In order to firmly clamp my deviceto the ironing board 13 I provide a spring clamp 14, the forward end ofwhich is secured to the spring 12 as by the aid of an ear 15, and theother end forms a hook that curves around the side of the board 13 andis firmly clamped thereto by the aid of the strong spring 12. I This isreadily apparent from an inspection of Fig. 2. It will be noted that theear 15 has an internal diameter slightly larger than the external diam-15 eter of the spring 12; this permits the 7 spring to move freely inthe ear when the holder 1 is displaced from its centrallized position.It is only by the aid of the strong tension of the spring 12 that theholder 1 ilifirrjnly secured to the position shown in 1g. Thus from the.foregoing, it is apparent 7 that I have provided a device which issimple and cheap in construction andwhich can be fixedly'attached toasupport'and thus pre- 1 vent'any great movement thereof.

This application ';is a continuation inpart of my prior application,filed December 8,

1928, Serial'No. 324,637 for sad iron bases 3 and 'means'fo'r securingsame onironing,

boards. o

I claim: A sad iron holder, and a pair of spring clamps, one'on eachside of the holder, for

attaching the holderto an ironing board,

each ofsaid clamps including a yielding coiled spring having its endsconnected at spaced points to the corresponding edge of the holder, anda hook carried bythe spring at an intermediate place of the spring. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. 7

V BOSE STEIN.

